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Town · Census 2011 · code 800441

DMC population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in NCT of Delhi, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and geography.

NCT of Delhi · Census 2011North West districtNorth districtNorth East districtEast districtNew Delhi districtCentral districtWest districtSouth West districtSouth district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The town total is our sum of 25 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This town spans 9 historical districts; use the part counts when listing it within a district. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population11,034,555people
Households2,306,675PCA households
Literacy rate87.59%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.33%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople11,034,5555,882,1175,152,438
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,238,350661,868576,482
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+8,580,6944,774,5363,806,158
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.59%91.46%83.18%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,738,853919,276819,577
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers3,788,1253,178,957609,168
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.33%54.04%11.82%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,616,7143,058,658558,056
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months171,411120,29951,112
Non-workerspeople7,246,4302,703,1604,543,270

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2327, 2344, 2349, 2360, 2364, 2368, 2387, 2393, 2398, 2406, 2410, 2420, 2427, 2443, 2447, 2452, 2461, 2465, 2478, 2495, 2500, 2511, 2535, 2541, 2553; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 2,306,675 households and 11,034,555 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.22% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.46% and female literacy was 83.18%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 3,788,125 Census workers, 95.48% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators6,3492,236
Agricultural labourers12,6582,498
Household industry workers125,9517,810
Other workers3,471,756158,867

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

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Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
DMC (U) (Part)09000430261,504
DMC (U) (Part)090004311,428,680
DMC (U) (Part)09000432398,662
DMC (U) (Part)09100433401,581
DMC (U) (Part)09100434130,188
DMC (U) (Part)0910043569,174
DMC (U) (Part)09200436530,838
DMC (U) (Part)09200437231,272
DMC (U) (Part)09200438419,497
DMC (U) (Part)09300439394,164
DMC (U) (Part)09300440247,906
DMC (U) (Part)09300441644,194
DMC (U) (Part)094004422,876
DMC (U) (Part)09500445271,108
DMC (U) (Part)09500446171,722
DMC (U) (Part)09500447136,599
DMC (U) (Part)096004481,065,969
DMC (U) (Part)09600449481,632
DMC (U) (Part)09600450331,662
DMC (U) (Part)097004511,027,222
DMC (U) (Part)09700452162,934
DMC (U) (Part)09700453388,412
DMC (U) (Part)09800454774,971
DMC (U) (Part)09800455592,494
DMC (U) (Part)09800456469,294

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.